赖德女士的离奇行为的英语美文及翻译
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On 6 November 31-year-old actress Winona Ryder was convicted of shoplifting ,500 worth of clothing and accessories from the posh Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills. Her reasons for attempting to steal the goods, despite being one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood, remain unclear; she may, like the troubled young people she often plays, merely have been doing it for kicks.
Today"s cartoon by Mike Peters makes fun of Ms Ryder"s recent escapade. He imagines Ryder in the witness box,swheresthe court clerk is administering the oath on the Bible that is customary before a person gives testimony. The words of the oath are: "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" Before the clerk gets very far, he must ask Ms Ryder to return the Bible, which he notices she is slipping under her jacket.
In reality Ryder never testified at the trial. The prosecuting attorney cannot question the accused, as the US Constitution forbids self-incrimination. If, however, the defense attorney chooses to put the accused on the stand (i.e. to speak in her own defense), then the prosecutor gets a turn to ask questions. Thus the legal counsel for the accused often prefers to keep his client off the stand, so as to rule out any possibility of damaging cross-examination.
11月6日,美国31岁的女影星薇诺娜-赖德被判偷窃罪——在贝佛利山庄豪华的萨克斯第五大道商店偷窃了价值5500美元的`服装以及与之相搭配的饰物。作为好莱坞收入最高的影星之一的赖德,她的偷窃动机尚不清楚;或许,正如她经常饰演的那些问题青少年一样,只是为了寻求刺激。
这幅由麦克-皮特斯创作的漫画嘲讽了赖德女士的离奇行为。他想像赖德站在证人席上,法院书记员正授命她凭借圣经给予的精神力量宣誓,这是证人给出证词前的一种仪式。书记员要说的誓词是:在上帝的帮助下,你能发誓说实话、说出全部的实话、没有任何假话吗?但还没等这位书记员把话说完,他就不得不要求赖德女士把圣经还给他,因为他注意到她正在把圣经往衣服下面掖呢。
实际上,赖德在审判中从未为自己作证。检察官不可以询问被告,因为美国宪法禁止“自证其罪”。但是,如果被告的律师选择了将被告推上证人席(也就是说让她为自己辩护),那么检察官就有机会提问。因此,被告的律师往往不愿意让他的当事人走上证人席为自己辩护,以避免对被告有害的交叉询问(即检察官提问)的任何可能性。
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